Signature of the Celestial Spheres

Subtitled 'discovering order in the solar system', this is a technical but groundbreaking book that reveals the astonishing complex patterns of the celestial spheres, showing how the movements of planets correspond with simple geometric figures and musical intervals. The book takes its inspiration from the work of Kepler and is illustrated with many extraordinary diagrams. The reader comes to appreciate the role of gravity in planetary motions, and it is fascinating to learn that Jupiter with its gigantic mass intercepts most of the potentially devastating comets away from the Earth. The final chapter brings the argument together by illustrating the signature of the celestial spheres in such a way that 'it reveals that in its various aspects the arrangement of the celestial bodies is set up in a way that looks like the work of a conscious, creative force.' An appendix includes his mathematical and astronomical methods of calculation.